Refrigerator.



A. T. SCHLICHTING.

RBFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR?, 1912. 1,058,906, Patented Apr. 15,1913.

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REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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REFBIGEBAT-OR;

Specification of Letters Batent.

Application led March 7, 1912. Serial No. 682,150.

To all whom t may concern.' f

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. SoHLIcH'r- ING, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinpRefrigerators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and u se the same,

This invention relates to improvements in buffet and backbarrefrigerators. y

One object o f the invention is to provide a refrigerator of thischaracter having an improved arrangement of ice compartment,l

drip pan and goods supporting-shelves and means for supporting the samewhereby all of theA parts may be readily removed from the refrigeratorwhen desired.

Another object is to provide a refrigerator of this character having anice compartment or receptacle constructed in such manner as to permitthe cold air to readily escape therefrom and circulate through therefrigerator and in which the ice may be placed at any point orthroughout the entire length ofA the compartment.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buffetrefrigerator constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross sectionalvievvl on -an 4enlarged scale of the refrigerator shown in Figs. l and2; Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view, similar to Fig. 3, showing theconstruction of my improved refri erator as applied to a back bar; Fig.5 is a etail perspective View of one of the supporting brackets orhangers for the supporting bars of the ice receptacle or compartmentandv drip pan of the refrigerator; Fi 6 is ardetail perspective view ofone of t e supporting bars for'the ice receptacle or comp'art` ment ofthe buffet form of the` refrigerator; and, Fig. is a similar view of oneof the of the 'drawings whereby the entire top of the refrigerator maybe opened or access may be had to the .topithereof at any ydesiredpoint. In both sides of the upper portion of the refrigerator arearranged a series of doors 8 which yare preferably pro'- vided .withglass panels. In the ,oppositesides of the lower portion 'of` therefrigerator arealso arranged series of' doors 9, said doors bein alsoprovided with glass panels through w ich the contents of therefrigerator may be readily seen.

In the upper portion of the refrigerator is arranged1 and` removablysupported 'an ice compartment o'r tank 10l the upper portion of which issubstantially the same width as the inner side of the refrigerator,while the lower portion of said compartment or tank is reduced orconstructed considerably narrower 'than the other portion, thus formingbetween the sides of the compartment and the inner sides of the upperportion of the refrigerator goods recelvmg spaces 11 in.

whichl are arranged suitably supported shelves or bottoms 12 adapted tosupport bottles or any lother goods. The ice compartment or tank 10 hasits sides and boti PatentedA'pr. 15,1913.

tom perforated as shown at 12 to permit the cold air Yradiating from theice in the compartment to pass freely therefrom and to circulate throughthe other parts.v of the refrigerator. v i

The ice compartment or tank is removably supported in the upper port-ionof the re' frig'erator bya series of transversely disposed supportingbars 13, said bars having their ends bent upwardly to formrectangularoflsets Maat each side of the'compartment, said o'set ends ofthe bars having on their extremities right angular 'downwardly'projecting lugs 15 whichare adapted to be engaged with brackets 16 inthe form 0f ,y I p rectangular sockets which are secured to the adjacentinner surface of the sides of therethe shelves or bottoms 12 of thespaces 11,

said bottoms or shelves being preferably in the'form of longitudinallydisposed rods 19 which are connected by short cross bars as shown.

Arranged below and spaced a suitable distance from the ice compartment10 is a drip pan or tra 21, the bottom of which inclines from its sidestoward the center and to the center of the pan or tray is'connected theupper end of a drain pipe 22 which extends downwardly through the lowerportion and bottom of the refrigeratorA and provides means for carryingoff the water from the melted ice in the ice compartment which drainsinto the drip pan.` The drip pan 21 is formed of a double thickness ofmetal between which is arranged an asbestos packing 23 which preventsthe moisture from accumulatlng on the outer side of and dripping fromthe pan into the lower portion of thev refrigerator. The pan 21isremovably supported in position below the ice compartment 'by thehangers formed by the lugs 18 on the bar supporting brackets 16 asclearly lshown in Fig. 3V of the drawin'gs.

In the lower portion of the refrigerator below the ldrip pan is arrangeda series of goods supporting shelves 24, said shelves being sp-acedsuitable distances apart and supported on cleats or other supportingdevices 25. The 'shelves are of open structure and preferably consist ofa plurality of removably spaced rods 26 which are engaged with crossbars 27. By thus arranging the shelves or'bottoms 12 of theycompartments 11 and the shelves-24 of the lower compartment of therefrigerator and arranging the doors 8 and 9 in the sides of therefrigerator, it will be seen that access to the goods contained in therefrigerator may be had from either side thereof. y

vIn the ends of the refrigerator are compartments `5a the upper portionof which openthrough the top and one side ofthe refrigerator asshown. Inthe lower portion of thecompartments below the rear open upperv sidethereof vare arranged doors 9a whereby the lower portions pf thecompartydrained from the tanks.

`other place of discharge.

ments are closed. In the compartments 5 are arranged sinks or wash tanks6a which may be of any suitable depth and which are surrounded andsupported at their up 3er ends by a drain board 9b, said board beingcorrugated and inclining toward the tank as shown.

In the tanks are arranged overflow pipes 5b which extend upwardlysufiiciently to permit the tanks to hold a suitable quantity of waterfor rinsing glasses and other articles therein. In the bottom of thetanks are arranged suitable discharge openings 6b which are adapted tobe closed by removable plugs or stoppers 6c whereby the water may be Thedischarge openings 6b and the lower ends of the overflow pipes 9c areconnected with waste pipes 6d arranged in the compartments 5x1 below thetanks and which may be connected with the waste pipe of the building orwith any The doors 9 are provided in the lower sides of thecompartlments to permit access to the lower outer portion of the tanksfor connecting the waste pipes with the overflow pipes anddischargeopenings in the bottom-of the tanks.

In the upper portion of one or both sides of the refrigerator above thedoors 8 and communicating with the spaces 11 are ventilating apertures28 which are adapted to be opened and closed by ventilators 29. Theventilators 29 preferably comprise base plates 30 having thereincentrally disposed openings corresponding to the size of the apertures28 and having on their outer sides annular outwardly projecting flanges31.

Arranged across the 'openings in the base plates 30 is a cross bar 32having therein a centrally disposed apertured passage into which isadapted to be screwed the threaded stem 33 of a disk or'plate 34 whichis adapted to be engaged with and ldisengaged from the outer edge of theflange 31 by screwing the stem thereon inwardly and outwardly throughthe threaded opening in the cross bar 32 thereby closing `and openingthe ventilators.

In Figs. 4`and 7 of the drawings my improved refrigerator is shown inthe form of `a backbar 35, the construction and arrangement of which ispractically the same as the construction and arrangement of the buffet4refrigerator except that access to the goods compartment of therefrigerator can be had from but one side thereof as is clearlyindicated in Fig. 4. y

In thefbackbar form of the refrigerator the ice compartment 36 is offseton one side only to form a goods receiving space 37 between the frontside o'f the compartment and the upper lrow of doors 38 in the frontside of the refrigerator. The compartment 36 is supported on supportingbars 39 one end izo 40l of which is'. offset in the same mannery as theoffset end 14 of the buffet form of the refrigeratonwhile the oppositeends have a slightly different form of offset 41, said offset endshaving a bracket engaging lug 42 which is adapted to be engaged with asupporting bracket 43 secured to the rear side of the refrigerator,while the offset end 40 has a bracket engaging lug 43a which is adaptedto be engaged with a bracket 44 constructed in the same manner as thebrackets 16 in the first forni of the invention. The offset ends 40 ofthe Vbars 39 provide rests for a goods receiving shelf 45 which formsthe bottom of the compartment 37.

Arranged below the ice compartment 36 is a drip pan 46 which is ofdouble form and is engaged at its outer edge with the lugs 47 of thebrackets 44 and at its inner or rear edge is supported upon a draintrough 48 secured to the rear side of the refrigerator as shown. Thedrip pan when thus arranged is supported at a suitable inclination fromits forward toward its rear edge whereby the water from the melted icein the ice compartment which drips into the drip pan will be conductedthereby to the drainjtrough 48 from whence said water is carried offythrough a drain pipe 49 connected with the `tion of the cold air fromthe ice compartment through the lower compartment of the refrigerator.Inthe upper portion of the front of the backbar refrigerator above thedoors 38 and communicating with the space 37 are Ventilating openings 51which are provided with ventilators 52-,constructed in the same manneras the ventilators 29 of the.

buffet form of the refrigerator. The openings 28 and 51 in the upperportion of the sides of the buffet and backbar refrigerator` permit thewarm air which is forced upwardly from the lower portion of therefrigerator by t-he heavier cold air settling therein to be discharged.from the upper portion of the refrigerator, thus providing a Ventilatingsystem whereby the cold air generated by the melted ice in the'icecompartment may be utilized in its greatest degree for cooling the goodsreceiving 'com part-ments of the refrigerator. l

My improved refrigerator preferably has a casingconsisting of inner andouter walls 53 and 54 spaced a art to form an airspace 355. On the sideo the inner wall adjacent to the air space 55 is arranged a coverlng ofheat insulating material 56 while on the -op- 1 posite side of saidinner wall is arranged a lmlng 57 of non-corrosive metal.

By constructing and arranging the various l parts of both the buffet'and backbar forms of the refrigerator as herein shown and described.itwill be seen that all of these parts may bereadily removed through thetop and side doors of the refrigerator to permit said .parts to bethoroughly cleaned, thus keeping y the refrigerators in a perfectlysanitary contion will be readily understood wit-hout requiring a moreextended explanation.

' Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstructlon may be resorted to wit-hout departing from the princip'leor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A refrigerator comprising a casing, an ice compartment therein havinga reduced lower portion forminggoods-receiving compartments between itand the sides of the casing, bracket-s secured within the walls of thelatter and having sockets,supporting` bars extending across'the casingwith their bodies beneath said ice compartment and their ends bentdownwardly into lugs engaging said sockets, and shelves on the bars nextoutside said ice compartment, all for the purpose set forth. i

2. A 'refrigerator of the character described comprising an icecompartment having a reduced lower portion provided with a series ofperforations to permit the escape ,of t-he cold air therefrom,saidreduced lower portion of the v,ice compartment forming be-`tweenitself and the adjacent sides of the refrigerator goods receivingcompartments, y,

supporting "brackets secured to the inner sides of the refrigerator,supporting bars having their ends offset and kbent to form lugs adapted'to be engagedr with said brackets toremovably support said ice com,partment, open shelves adapted to be engaged with the offset ends ofsaid supporting bars to form bottoms for the sp-aces between 'the ice`compartmmt and the sides of the refrigerator, drip pan Isupp-orting lugsformed on said bar supportin brackets, and

aQdri-p an engaged with an Aadapted to be removably supported by saidlugs.

3. A refrigerator of the class described "comprising a casing, anicecompartment -'therein having a reduced lower port-ion formin agoods-receiv`ing compartment'between it yand the casing, bracketssecured within' thefwalls ofthe latter and havin in-y turnedlugsat theirends formingusocets,

supporting bars extending across the casing with their bodies beneathsaid ice compartment and their ends bent upwardly around the corners ofthe same and then outwardly and downwardly into lugs engaging saidsockets, and shelves on the bars next adjacent their lugs, all for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ALBERT T. SCHLICHTING.

Witnesses: l

CHARLES J BRENNER, W. A. KELLER.

